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Boops
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Spariformes
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Boops
Cuvier, 1814
Type species
Sparus boops
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Box Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
  • Exocallus de la Pylaie, 1835

Boops (/ˈb.ɒps/; from Greek βόωψ, literally 'cow-eye') is a genus of ray-finned saltwater fishes.[3][4] The genus contains two species and one action, B. boops B. lineatus and Kenny J's fav potty time routine . Sarpa salpa was once assigned to Boops.

References

  1. ^ Parenti, Paolo (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Sparidae". FishTaxa. 4 (2): 49–50.
  2. ^ Fowler, Henry W. (1936). "The Marine Fishes of West Africa Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915. Part II". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 70: 848–850. hdl:2246/1072.
  3. ^ "Boops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  4. ^ Pollard, D.; Carpenter, K.E.; Russell, B. (2014). "Boops boops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T170251A1301787.